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Harlem Globetrotters draft Jacob Tucker
ESPN (blog)
By Scott Powers Illinois College guard and 2011 college slam dunk champion Jacob Tucker was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters on Tuesday. Tucker put himself on the national map in March when his dunk highlight video went viral on YouTube. ...
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Harlem Tavern
Time Out New York
 Harlem Tavern Harlem's dining resurgence—fueled by hot spots like Red Rooster and Levain Bakery—continues apace with the opening of this massive international ...
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Emmitt Smith's 125th Street Hotel Moving Ahead
DNAinfo
(Courtesy Harlem Bespoke) By Jeff Mays HARLEM — The president of NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith's development company said the plan to build a hotel on 125th Street and Lenox Avenue is in the final phase of financing but he doesn't know when the ...
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Proposed Columbia Elementary School Agrees to Serve More Harlem Students
DNAinfo
Residents feared Columbia was reneging on a promise to build a public school as part of its Harlem expansion. Nancy Streim, an associate vice president at Teachers College, explains changes to the plan to build a school in Community Board 9 at an April ...
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NobleStrategy to Evaluate Local Contractors for MTA's Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot
PR Newswire (press release)
NobleStrategy, a certified MBE construction management and training firm with offices in Harlem and New Jersey, has been selected to evaluate Harlem-based businesses for subcontract work on this project. In collaboration with the Empire State ...
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Juelz Santana Explains Lil Wayne Joint Album Delay
MTV.com
By Rahman J. Dukes Juelz Santana is back and ready to put his best foot forward in the rap game following a near three year hiatus that almost derailed the Harlem MC's career. Back around 2007 Juelz along with Lil Wayne were the hottest ticket on the ...
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Listen To 16-Year-Old Alicia Keys Sing Previously Unreleased Song “Typewriter”
Idolator: All About The Music
The song was originally recorded in Keys' apartment in Harlem in 1997, which would make her 16-years old at the time. Why, she was just a wee bit of a thing back then! See how teenage Keys compares to the phenomenal talent we know today by listening to ...
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Blogs

New Yoga Studio Lands In Harlem « UPTOWNflavor
By tbelle
Just in time for the summer, adding to the growing yoga landscape in Harlem is Land Yoga, an Ashtanga style studio which softly opened last week. Lara Land, studio owner and yoga teacher has developed a diverse schedule of classes. ...
UPTOWNflavor

Darnell Wilks selected as Harlem Globetrotter | UC Athletics Blog
By nhurm
I would like to thank the Harlem Globetrotters as well for this new opportunity to continue to showcase my basketball talents, and also strive to be a great ambassador for basketball. Even though the colors on my jersey might have ...
UC Athletics Blog

Progressive Alaska: Inuksuit by John Luther Adams in Harlem's ...
By Philip Munger
As the central work of 2011's Make Music New York series of concerts, sonic installations and associated events, Adams' Inuksuit was performed by 99 percussionists, spread throughout Harlem's Morningside Park, near Columbia University. ...
Progressive Alaska